About Kotkapura Assembly Constituency
Kotkapura is constituency No. 88 of Punjab legislative assembly. It is situated in Faridkot district and comes under the Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency. The corresponding Lok Sabha constituency Faridkot is reserved for scheduled castes. According to data with the Election Commission of India, Kotkapura has 1,34,157 registered voters. It comprises 71,291 male and 62,866 female registered voters. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) defeated the Congress by a convincing margin of 18,186 votes to win this constituency in the 2012 Punjab assembly elections. Mantar Singh Brar, the winning candidate from Shiromani Akali Dal, got 49,361 votes. The runner-up was Ripjeet Singh Brar of Congress who got 31,175 votes.The voter turnout was 83.14 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Kotkapura Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kotkapura assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2012 | 88 | Kotkapura | GEN | Mantar Singh Brar | M | SAD | 49361 | Ripjeet Singh Brar | M | INC | 31175 |
| 2007 | 102 | Kotkapura | GEN | Ripjit Singh | M | INC | 68970 | Mantar Singh | M | SAD | 58160 |
| 2002 | 103 | Kotkapura | GEN | Mantar Singh | M | SAD | 42725 | Prof. Vibha Sharma | F | INC | 40986 |
| 1997 | 103 | Kotkapura | GEN | Mantar Singh | M | IND | 50562 | Mohinder Singh | M | SAD | 34933 |
| 1992 | 103 | Kotkapura | GEN | Upinder Kumar | M | INC | 17382 | Narinder Singh | M | BSP | 5555 |
| 1985 | 103 | Kotkapura | GEN | Mohinder Singh Brar | M | SAD | 25644 | Upinder Kumar Sharma | M | INC | 17908 |
| 1980 | 103 | Kotkapura | GEN | Bhagwan Dass | M | INC(I) | 31186 | Mohinder Singh | M | IND | 19575 |
| 1977 | 103 | Kotkapura | GEN | Jaswinder Singh | M | SAD | 35942 | Gurcharan Singh | M | INC | 14259 |
| 1972 | 103 | Kotkapura | GEN | Jaswinder Singh | M | SAD | 27423 | Zora Singh Brar | M | INC | 21238 |
| 1969 | 103 | Kotkapura | GEN | Harcharan Singh | M | INC | 28339 | Harbhagwan Singh | M | SAD | 22788 |
| 1967 | 103 | Kotkapura | GEN | H. Singh | M | ADS | 23907 | M. Singh | M | INC | 14185 |
Last Updated on August 14, 2021